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The role of towage, salvage and
heavy-lift within the shipping
industry is not large, but its importance
far outweighs its size and it
embraces an impressive and diverse
range of expertise. The individual
markets have undergone
major upheavals

Show Set for May 27-29, Genoa, Italy
The next (12th) International
Tug & Salvage Exhibition will
incorporate the Genoa Workboat
Show, bringing two exhibitions
under one roof at the international
fairground in Genoa, Italy, May 27-
29, 1992,

The newly formed California
Launch Service Corporation christened
its first launch vessel on
June 14, in ceremonies at the St.
Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco,
Calif.
Rees B. Williams Jr., president
of the firm, headquartered in San
Francisco,

The Gulfwind, the first completely computer-
designed offshore jackup drilling rig,
is under construction for Chiles Drilling
Company of Houston, Texas, at Marathon
LeTourneau Company's Brownsville, Texas,
yard, Marathon announced from its Houston
headquarters.

A report released by the Maritime
Administration (MarAd) indicates
that the greatest potential
for maintaining the competitiveness
of barge-towing operations
on the inland waterways lies in
improved river port operations.
Titled "A Primer On Inland
Waterways Ports,

A complete computer system,
which serves to minimize ecological
damage and financial loss
from ship accidents at sea, is
now being marketed by Kockums
Automation, a member of The
Kockums Group of companies
which includes one of the world's
major shipyards.

Nathaniel Robbins Jr. has been
named president of the Grafton
Boat Co., a company which was recently
acquired by a group of Minneapolis
investors.
Grafton Boat Co. is a designer
and builder of commercial and Government
towboats and workboats.
The